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The $70-million Advanced Research Complex opened on Tuesday and is a flagship building for the Faculty of Science at the University of Ottawa. Here are five facts about the building.
1. The labs are in the basement: In order to conduct sensitive experiments, the photonics labs must be kept totally stable. By putting the labs underground, they are insulated from vibrations caused by the traffic on King Edward Avenue.
2. Canada’s only accelerator mass spectrometer lives there: The 44-tonne instrument accelerates ions, allowing researchers to separate isotopes from a large mass. This technique is often used in radiocarbon dating of geological specimens.
3. The building just opened and it’s already full: Mona Nemer, vice-president of research at the U of O, said the school planned for about 150 grad students to occupy the building, and by opening day it is already at capacity.
4. Photonics is a local business: U of O professor Paul Corkum said photonics and the U of O are a natural combo. Photonics, the study of light, is a big part of telecommunications and was a major area of development for Nortel Networks. Although that company doesn’t exist any more, many of its researchers in photonics are still around, said Corkum, and doing important work in the field.
“It seems like a natural thing to do here,” he said.
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1. The labs are in the basement: In order to conduct sensitive experiments, the photonics labs must be kept totally stable. By putting the labs underground, they are insulated from vibrations caused by the traffic on King Edward Avenue.
2. Canada’s only accelerator mass spectrometer lives there: The 44-tonne instrument accelerates ions, allowing researchers to separate isotopes from a large mass. This technique is often used in radiocarbon dating of geological specimens.
3. The building just opened and it’s already full: Mona Nemer, vice-president of research at the U of O, said the school planned for about 150 grad students to occupy the building, and by opening day it is already at capacity.
4. Photonics is a local business: U of O professor Paul Corkum said photonics and the U of O are a natural combo. Photonics, the study of light, is a big part of telecommunications and was a major area of development for Nortel Networks. Although that company doesn’t exist any more, many of its researchers in photonics are still around, said Corkum, and doing important work in the field.
“It seems like a natural thing to do here,” he said.
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